Posted on 03/30/2024 1:09:29 AM PDT by John Semmens
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro blocked the name of Maria Corina Machado, the winner of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) primary, from appearing on the July election ballot. Recent polls show that she is favored to defeat Maduro in that election. Machado expressed a willingness to step aside and allow Dr. Corina Yoris to run in her place, but Maduro rejected her as well.
Presidential Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said "obviously, we're deeply concerned by the Venezuela National Electoral Council's decision to prevent the registration of either of the democratic opposition party's candidates. You can't have a democracy if the ruling regime is allowed to prevent opposing candidates from being on the ballot."
Peter Doocy, White House correspondent for Fox News, asked "haven't Democrats attempted to block former President Trump from appearing on the ballot in opposition to President Biden in several states? How is this different from what Maduro is doing in his country?"
The Press Secretary said "I can think of several key reasons why they are different. First of all, Maduro is a dictator. President Biden is a duly elected president. Second, President Biden is a defender of democracy. Trump is an enemy of democracy. Keeping Trump out of power is essential if we want our country to continue to be a democracy. Third, Trump tried to instigate an insurrection against the peaceful transfer of power after he lost the 2020 election. That's why some Democrats tried to remove him from the ballot in their states. But the US Supreme Court ruled that since Trump hasn't even been charged with, much less convicted of, insurrection there is no legal way we can keep him off the ballot."
In a follow-up question Doocy pointed out that "Maduro received 67% of the vote in the 2018 election. Why isn't he a 'duly elected president?'"
She replied "there is no proof that his was an honest election. His Party controlled the counting. He could've stuffed the ballot boxes with phantom votes and persecuted anyone who challenged the reported outcome."
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This is a good one!
It seems the comedy and tragedy reflects and rebounds from all Leftist clown-cars.
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